Netlify Edge Functions

• CategoryV8 isolate
• LanguageDeno / TS
• PricingFreemium
• LicenseProprietary
• Created2022
• GitHub starsclosed
• Cold startinstant
• PoPs—
• Node-compatNo

Netlify Edge Functions run JavaScript or TypeScript on Deno at the network edge, close to the visitor. They expose web-standard APIs (fetch, Request, Response) rather than the full Node surface, and are built for middleware-style work: redirects, geolocation, locale routing, A/B tests, auth, and streaming. The free tier includes 1,000,000 edge function invocations a month, well above the 125,000 serverless function invocations.

• Netlify Edge Functions in 2026: what they are and how they differ from Functions →

• Redirects, geolocation, locale routing, and A/B tests at the edge
• Teams already deploying their site on Netlify
• Streaming and personalisation close to the user

Skip Netlify Edge Functions for API and backend work that needs npm packages or Node built-ins, where regular Netlify Functions fit better. Skip Netlify entirely if your site is not hosted there; the value is in the integration.

Netlify Edge Functions are the Deno-flavoured counterpart to Vercel Edge and Cloudflare Workers. If you are already on Netlify, the generous free edge allowance and the build integration make them an easy default for middleware. Cloudflare still wins on raw scale and PoP count.

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The 30-min call is where your edge runtime choice becomes a real architecture, an integration plan with your data layer + auth + build pipeline, and a price range you can take to your stakeholders.